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Your husband is not alone! My mother suffers from those on occasion and not even Maxalt touches it. You need to keep searching for a physician that will listen to him , please don't give up! My mom finally got a new medication, I apologize but I forgot the name, but it's an eye drop and it works within 3-5 minutes, best of all its generic already. Take this information, that there's a medication in the form of an eye drop, to your doctor, let them do the research to look it up (if they don't already don't about it) and hopefully your husband can find some relief. God Bless!View Thread

I have been getting these vibrating like sensations in the back of my head for months and I notice it mostly at night and cant sleep. It normally happens after Ive been out or working or somewhere where theres alot going on.View Thread

My name is Roderick Carton, I am 51 years old and have suffered migraines (aura, nausea, pounding pain for 36-48 hours) all my adult life. Towards the end of 2009 my headaches went permanent and a noisy component, also permanent, developed--a constant high-pitched signal like a white noise machine. I am now a full five years with the worst headache I've ever had and not a single day's let-up. The curious and dispiriting thing about this headache, apart from the intense and disabling pain, is that sleep seems to rev it up, to put muscles on it, so when I wake up first thing in the morning the volume and pressure are overwhelming. I have had several brain MRIs with nothing to show and have gone down several anti-depressant/anti-convulsant drug therapies with several neurologists, all to no avail. I am hopefully starting with Botox injections in early January and am praying for some relief there. I have noticed that I am intensely cold too, or at least have developed an extreme sensitivity to the cold, which to others is not even that cold. My appetite is off although I am aware of being weak and hungry all the time. My experience so far of hawking this infernal headache round from doctor to doctor has not yielded the slightest relief and I am, like many out there in the world of chronic headache, at my wits end.

I drank alcoholically for 35 years and quit 5 months ago. I would say that the last few years of my drinking were solely an attempt to kill the horrendous pain in my skull. Thank God and AA I am now sober but my new sobriety is being seriously hampered by this chronic headbust and I am quite desperate. I guess I don't really have a question; I just wanted to tell other bewildered pilgrims in the land of sensational discomfort a little of my story. A headache such as the one tearing up my skull even as I type is more than enough to begin interfering with your soul.

I was on topiramate for migraine prevention, starting out on half a tablet for the first week. One day after increasing the dose to a full tablet, I started having seizures, which increased to 2-3 per day most days. I had no history of seizures. My neurologist didn't seem concerned by the seizures and said they were migraine related. I then began to feel weak, dizzy and got to the point where I could barely get off the couch. I started to get depression, which I had never experienced in my 58 years. I did my own research and decided this was all medication side effects, and told my neurologist I was going off the topiramate. He agreed and admitted me to the hospital on an emergency basis to monitor seizures. After one day off the topiramate the seizures stopped and I never had another one. The depression cleared almost immediately. My neurologist thought I was suffering from lactic acidosis from the topiramate. He said he had never had a patient react to topiramate in that way. I was then tried on Depakote and after being on it for only 4 days at a very low dose started to feel the weakness and fatigue and then got hand tremors, so was taken off that. I now waiting to see my neurologist again...can't get back in for an appointment for almost 4 months!View Thread

I was on topiramate for migraine prevention, starting out on half a tablet for the first week. One day after increasing the dose to a full tablet, I started having seizures, which increased to 2-3 per day most days. I had no history of seizures. My neurologist didn't seem concerned by the seizures and said they were migraine related. I then began to feel weak, dizzy and got to the point where I could barely get off the couch. I started to get depression, which I had never experienced in my 58 years. I did my own research and decided this was all medication side effects, and told my neurologist I was going off the topiramate. He agreed and admitted me to the hospital on an emergency basis to monitor seizures. After one day off the topiramate the seizures stopped and I never had another one. The depression cleared almost immediately. My neurologist thought I was suffering from lactic acidosis from the topiramate. He said he had never had a patient react to topiramate in that way. I was then tried on Depakote and after being on it for only 4 days at a very low dose started to feel the weakness and fatigue and then got hand tremors, so was taken off that. I now waiting to see my neurologist again...can't get back in for an appointment for almost 4 months!View Thread

My wife presented with flu-like symptoms about 2 days ago. Body aches, sore throat with cough, slight fever (99-100 degrees). No congestion, sneezing, or vomiting. Along with this came a persistent migraine that will not go away. She's been taking Bayer aspirin, Alka Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu, and just tonight tried a dose of Advil. The migraine still persists. She's tried cold compresses, bed rest, dark rooms...lots of liquids (water, juice, Gatorade, etc), a pretty clear diet (chicken noodle soup, toast, crackers, etc). Any suggestions? She can deal with the body aches, the sore throat/cough, the general uncomfortable feeling that comes with being sick. But this headache/migraine has just knocked her off her feet. She can't do anything. None of the typical over-the-counter pain killers seem to do anything. Any help would be appreciated.View Thread

I do not have much of a history with headaches. I am 51 and two weeks ago I experienced an excruciating...

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I do not have much of a history with headaches. I am 51 and two weeks ago I experienced an excruciating headache that came on in the middle of the night. Advil did not work. Nothing seemed to alleviate the pain. It lasted about two hours. The next night I was awoken with a similar headache but I re-positioned my head and it seemed to diminish. Ever since then I have not felt right. I am dizzy and my head feels heavy, like my neck is carrying around a bowling ball. I have not had any more headaches.

Not sure if this pertains but two weeks prior I had just traveled on a flight of over 20 hours without much opportunity to walk around.

Also, in 2008 the day after an eight hour flight I had an episode which I went to ER for since it seemed like a stroke. They diagnosed a scitoma or something like that which they said was an aura without a migraine.

I had a melanoma on my neck four years ago so a part of me is worried about it being a spread to my brain. Can't stop that thought:(View Thread

I have always suffered from migraines. After receiving a somewhat severe concussion and a neck injury a few...

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I have always suffered from migraines. After receiving a somewhat severe concussion and a neck injury a few years ago they got worse. I also had to start being treated for narcolepsy like symptoms. I have been seeing a neurologist, chiropractor and my primary care doc. I have tried physical therapy, and anything else I was asked to do. Lately, I will just wake up with a vomiting migraine that I eventually have to go to the ER in order to get rid of it. The pain is usually most severe at the base of my skull/top of my neck. When it happens, I cannot even turn my head without terrible pain, vomiting, and my neck in that area is tender to the touch. I'm thinking a nerve block might help, and my doc has decided to send me to a pain management doctor to be evaluated for an occipital nerve block. I normally take Topamax, Fioricet and Maxalt to try and manage but they haven't been working. I don't like taking this many meds, and I especially hate if I have to go to the ER. I don't want to take narcotics. I work 3rd shift and go to school, and I hate having to call off work or have my day off spent throwing up and trying not to move my head. I guess the only official diagnoses have been Post Concussion Syndrome and migraine. Has anyone else had anything like this? If so, what did you try that helped? I'm getting to the end of my rope.View Thread

I was diagnosed with both complex and chronic migraines just this past year. However, I am a 51 year old male. I have read that migraines usually start at a younger age and degrease as you get older. As well, all though men do have migraines, it seems that as an older man I would be much more unlikely to have them. However, here I am. I have had multiple scans and they find no other reason for the migraines. Has anyone heard of anyone my age developing migraines?View Thread

I have had a headache for almost 7 weeks now. It ranges in intensity, on a good day its barely noticeable, others is so awful i cant get out of bed. I go to sleep with one and wake up with one. Its both sides of my head, initially feels like front of head and temples, but if its bad, feels like it goes to the back of my head too. Throbbing and dull aches, sometimes burning at its worse.

Background: I have had chronic headaches since 2006, tried lots of migrane meds with no relief. Few years ago, over the counter Excedrin started helping. So I stopped following up with the neurologist since nothing seemed to help. At the time, my MRI's have all been normal and they couldnt find a cause. They didnt think they were migranes.

For a while the Excedrin was helping and I would only get a headache a few times a week but the Excedrin helped take it away. Then about 7 weeks ago the Excedrin stopped helping. I have tried taking Excedrin, Ibuprofen, and Tylenol... all without relief. I have even tried to not take any medication for about 2 weeks which also didnt help. Now I only take something if its excruciating but it usually doesnt help. I have even tried essential oils for relief but it didn't work.

Anyway, I finally have an appointment tomorrow with the headache center in my area (I waited about 3 weeks for the appointment), and was wondering if anyone had any tips or things I should ask about in my appointment. I want to be prepared. And if anyone has any home remedies that they can share that would be great too.View Thread

Has anyone in the migraine community tried Cephaly ? Right now I'm on topamax - have been for a year....

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Has anyone in the migraine community tried Cephaly? Right now I'm on topamax - have been for a year. Attention problems, memory loss, difficulty retrieving words, sleeplessness, serious dry skin issues, and now - with an increase to 100 mg per day - pain in the area of my kidneys. I've had migraines since age 13, and while they have incapacitated me they haven't done any permanent damage to my body. I'm now worried that, after more than 50 years of coping with migraine, the medication that I'm taking to keep them at bay is now harming me. I've read about a medical device called Cephaly - basically a headband that delivers a mild electrical pulse to the temples (I believe) to short-circuit a migraine. It's been available in Europe for a number of years, and is now available in the US. Anyone have any personal experience that they can share?View Thread

I had a headache (in the back of my head and behind my eyes as I moved them around) for over two years, with rare episodes of vertigo. One day I felt a rush to the front of my head - it felt like a spray from a bottle of 409 in the sense that it felt conical in distribution but it didn't feel like an endorphin rush or anything in particular. Soon afterwards the back of my head felt warm and had a tingly sensation. That sensation moved to the front of my head but without the same intensity. The warm/tingly sensation dissipated shortly after that.

I noticed soon after that my headache was practically gone and I could move my eyes around without feeling much pressure/pain. Obviously I was ecstatic about this but I noticed I seemed to lose a lot of motivation and energy - socially and career wise. I also used to have anxiety, much better memory, and ability to concentrate that disappeared as well. I just don't feel like myself the way I was before the headaches started.

If anyone has had this feeling and had it diagnosed/medicated it would be life changer. I have had no luck with the doctors or tests I've done (mostly MRIs with contrast).View Thread

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Does anyone take Topamax (Topiramate) for Migraines and using memory supplements? I just want to know if it's safe to mix, because I have noticed it affects my memory, which is one of Topamax side effects.

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Does anyone take Topamax (Topiramate) for Migraines and using memory supplements? I just want to know if it's safe to mix, because I have noticed it affects my memory, which is one of Topamax side effects.

Three or two months ago I hit my head against the wall accidentally. (don't ask, I'm just really clumsy) I didn't go to a doctor or hospital. I heard a loud crack noise too. Ever since then I've been getting migraines and tension headaches, I never use too. I also get a head rush sensation in my head, though I'm not moving.View Thread

Over the last seven years I have experienced a constant ache in my eye area (both eyes). I have been to every medical expert known to man and no one can seem to figure out what it is. This is an ache that is constant from the time I get up until the time I go to bed. It is not a migraine style ache but rather a constant ache that has greatly reduced my quality of life over the years. I have had CT scans, every eye test imaginable, been to the top headache doctors but no one can seem to diagnose it.

I was just wondering if there is anyone else out there that may have experienced like symptoms.View Thread

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My daughter was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation at a young age which required 2 surgeries. She lives in pain daily. My question is there any exercises or options other than medications that could eleviate the pain ?

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My daughter was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation at a young age which required 2 surgeries. She lives in pain daily. My question is there any exercises or options other than medications that could eleviate the pain ?

After suffering from sharp, ice pick-esque headaches 4-5 times a week since August, my doctor is referring me to a neurologist. What can I expect? Is there anything I need to know beforehand? The headaches are always on the left side of my head in the same spot.View Thread

My 20 year old son was having bizarre headaches and a neurologist said he it was caused by his occipital nerve being irritated or entrapped - occipital neuralgia.

The neurologist didn't make a huge deal out, like it was pretty common. Frankly, we felt relief that it was not something more serious. Now, after doing research, I am very concerned that we are dealing with a chronic, disabling condition for which there is no actual "cure". I am aware that internet research can lead to nothing but the worst possible scenario cases, so I am trying to keep that in perspective.

He is on amitriptyline and got the nerve blocks on Monday, which I understand are diagnostic and well as helpful for the pain. As of yesterday, he was headache free, so they appear to be working. He is a college student, so he is very on edge about "how long" the effects of the shots will last. He has had several very bad days and just wants it all gone! He has not had an injury so the cause (we assume) is tight neck muscles.

Any experience with this? Is it possible that (like some other muscle/nerve issues) this is just an acute situation that will heal with Monday's injections and he can continue with a "normal" life? Most of the information online is so negative and scary.

Hi,I was put on Adderal for chronic fatigue that was very severe with my Fybromyalsia. Not only did it work wonders with my chronic fatigue but I also suffered from horrible Migraines-this totally stopped my migraines. Talk about a nice surprise side effect!My neurologist has no idea why this has happened.View Thread

For the last two nights I have been getting these sharp pains on the right side of my head when I get up to get out of bed or sometimes when I roll over in bed. The pain is severe but doesn't last long. I went through breast cancer treatment last year, so I get nervous with stuff like this. Thanks for you help.View Thread

I have had Migraines for over 20 years. Back then I was treated with various meds and decided to go on my own "cocktail" which worked with the exception of waking up with one in the middle of the night.

So earlier this year, I saw my GP and he was ecstatic I agreed to see another neurologist. I saw the neurologist, and he gave me imetrex tabs for the day time and also imetrex injections for those that woke me up at all hours of the night. He also wanted me to keep track of them on the calendar. After three months, I was shocked to see just how many I had and when I followed up with the neurologist- first thing he said "you need a maintenance drug"- When you live with them sometimes day in and day out, I never realized just how many and it becomes a daily issue that you just sometimes have to keep going.

He gave me three options, Amitriptyline, Trazodone and one other I do not remember what he said.( if you know the third could you please tell me) so I chose the trazodone. first week 1/2 tab and then start a full tab next week. He also gave me rizatriptan that dissolves under the tongue. So I am taking my first dose of Trazodone tonight before bed. was looking to see what anyone has experienced taking this drug.

I agree with those who site, I call it Pre-fullmoon, triggers. As a teacher for 25 years, behaviors also...

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I agree with those who site, I call it Pre-fullmoon, triggers. As a teacher for 25 years, behaviors also increase then. A mother told me it was the 4 to 6 days pre-full moon that are bad. Having no help with getting rid of Migraine, it is helpful to at least know there are patterns, that are documentable. I have an app on my phone that I chart,possible triggers, ie: Pre-fullmoon, MSG, weather, food additives, rest after being active, and more. Sometimes I can change the pressure in my throbbing head with blowing hairdryer or air conditioned ride in the car an get some relief.View Thread

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